Biopsy external ear 69100 at St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital
100 Medical Drive, Lake Jackson, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972581940
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Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
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Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$54.39 with CHC vs $1,803.00 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $54.39 | — |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $57.67 | — |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $57.67 | — |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $57.67 | — |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Plans | $60.55 | — |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $60.55 | — |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $60.55 | — |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $72.30 | — |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $77.28 | — |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $77.28 | — |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $77.28 | — |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $81.31 | — |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Options | $96.17 | — |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO-POS | $98.22 | — |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Traditional | $98.98 | — |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $109.82 | — |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $116.64 | — |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $176.47 | — |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $210.00 | — |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $232.60 | — |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $232.60 | — |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $232.60 | — |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $232.60 | — |
| CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Plans | $232.60 | — |
| WellcareTP | Medicare|All Plans | $239.58 | — |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $239.58 | — |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $239.58 | — |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $244.23 | — |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $248.88 | — |
| Devoted | Medicare|All Plans | $248.88 | — |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $337.27 | — |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $348.90 | — |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $353.79 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $358.20 | — |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $360.53 | — |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $536.05 | — |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $557.49 | — |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,803.00 | — |
| Health First | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
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Biopsy external ear 69100 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $905.78 | $58.66 – $2,975.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $839.91 | $54.82 – $2,975.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $905.78 | $58.66 – $2,975.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $905.78 | $54.82 – $1,358.68 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $839.91 | $54.82 – $2,975.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $905.78 | $54.82 – $2,975.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $905.78 | $54.82 – $2,975.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE | Suite 100 | $839.91 | $54.82 – $2,975.00 |